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Method of updating user presence information in mobile instant messaging and mobile terminal using the same

a mobile terminal and instant messaging technology, applied in the field of mobile terminals, can solve problems such as inconvenience for users, and achieve the effect of reducing the number of manipulations

Active Publication Date: 2014-05-27
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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The invention aims to offer a method and a mobile terminal that can minimize the number of actions required for users to update their presence information in multiple instant messaging (IM) communities. This reduces the effort required for users and makes the process more convenient.

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Thereby, the user may be inconvenienced by having to perform a large number of manipulations.

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[0031]FIGS. 1 through 9, discussed below, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present disclosure may be implemented in any suitably arranged wireless communications network.

[0032]In the description, an IM community is a community of subscribers formed on the basis of an IM service provider. Representative IM communities include ‘AIM®’, ‘ICQ®’, ‘Window Live’, and ‘Yahoo®’ communities. Each IM community includes an IM server and IM clients, and the IM clients can receive IM services through the IM server.

[0033]The ‘presence information’ (or ‘presence status’) of a user utilizing an IM service indicates the current status of the user. The presence information is a criterion for other users desiring message transmission. Different IM commun...

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A mobile terminal is capable of updating user presence information in mobile instant messaging. The mobile terminal and associated method facilitate updating user presence information in multiple sessions of mobile instant messaging. The method includes: joining multiple IM communities; issuing a command for presence information update in relation to one of the multiple IM communities; and sending a request for presence information update to IM servers of two or more IM communities including the IM community indicated by the issued update command, among the multiple IM communities.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]The present application is related to and claims priority to an application entitled “METHOD OF UPDATING USER PRESENCE INFORMATION IN MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME” filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Nov. 24, 2008 and assigned Serial No. 10-2008-0116640, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to a mobile terminal and, more particularly, to a method for updating presence information on users involved in multiple sessions of mobile instant messaging and to a mobile terminal using the same.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In recent years, mobile terminals have been widely popularized and become one of the necessities of life. With advances in communication technologies, mobile terminals can provide not only functions related to call processing and message handling but also fu...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W4/00G06F3/00H04L12/66G06F15/16H04M1/72448
CPCH04L67/24H04L12/581H04L51/04H04L67/54H04W4/14H04W8/18
Inventor LIM, JEONG, KYU
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD